NATIONAL BESTSELLER A PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FINALIST
A
NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR:
THE NEW YORKER - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY -
VULTURE -
VOGUE - LIT HUB "A miracle of literary serendipity, a triumph." --
The Washington Post A young medic returns from deployment in Iraq to two things: the woman he loves, and the opioid crisis sweeping across the Midwest. Soon deep in the thrall of heroin addiction, he arrives at what seems like the only logical solution: robbing banks. Written by a singularly talented, wildly imaginative debut novelist,
Cherry is a bracingly funny and unexpectedly tender work of fiction straight from the dark heart of America.
"The first great novel of the opioid epidemic." --
Vulture
"A buzzsaw of a novel. . . . Bracingly original." --
The Wall Street Journal "
Cherry is a profane, raw, and harrowingly timely account of the effects of war and the perils of addiction." --
Entertainment Weekly
"A raw coming-of-age story in reverse. . . . Cherry touches on some of the darkest chapters of recent American history." --
The New York Times "Aptly compared to
Jesus' Son and
Reservoir Dogs, Cherry] is a devastating example of art imitating life." --
Esquire